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Friends like that you don’t need. Referring to the Times

Karen Bass once insisted she wouldn’t go abroad as LA mayor. Instead, she took five city-funded trips overseas. Karen Bass once promised she wouldn’t go abroad as the mayor of Los Angeles — now, as her city battles the worst wildfire in its history, she has five international trips under her belt during her term in office.

The New York Times reports that Bass has taken five international, city-funded trips since taking office — despite committing to stopping international travel in a 2021 interview as she ran for office.

“Not only would I of course live here, but I also would not travel internationally — the only places I would go would be D.C., Sacramento, San Francisco and New York, in relation to L.A.,” Bass told the Times in October 2021.

People were burning while Bass was in Ghana doing the Ganja Thing.